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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.22.6
atha ca yāvatārdhena nabho-vīthyāḿ pracarati taḿ kālam ayanam ācakṣate
SYNONYMS
atha — now; ca — also; yāvatā — by as long as; ardhena — half; nabhaḥ-vīthyām — in outer space; pracarati — the sun moves; tam — that; kālam — time; ayanam — ayana; ācakṣate — is said.
TRANSLATION
Thus the time the sun takes to rotate through half of outer space is called an ayana, or its period of movement [in the north or in the south].
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness